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An episode by episode appraisal of Wyllis Cooper's "Quiet Please" old time radio program, alongside various other genre shows from the era. Hosted by Matt Ellis and David Feldmann.

Quietly Yours


    • Sep 9, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 2m AVG DURATION
    • 98 EPISODES


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    098- My Son John (with David Grigg)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2023 69:22


    We're joined by David Grigg to discuss "My Son John," from November 1948.

    097- Short Order (Suspense)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2023 61:38


    We discuss "Short Order," from Suspense, originally broadcast August 18, 1945, three days after Japanese Emperor Hirihoto announced the Japanese surrender in World War Two.

    096- One For the Book

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2023 60:51


    Matt's audio sucks recording two days before moving across country without any gear, but otherwise we're back at it. From November of 1948, it's "One For the Book."

    095- The Evening and the Morning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2023 60:14


    From November of 1948.

    094- The Shadow People (The Hall of Fantasy)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2023 57:57


    We're back after a brief hiatus! First up is "The Shadow People," from The Hall of Fantasy, 1952. It's a spooky one.Listen to surviving episodes of The Hall of Fantasy here.

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    093- Adam and the Darkest Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 87:57


    We discuss arguably one of the three most important episodes of the entire show's run, "Adam and the Darkest Day," from early November 1948.Check out the Mindwebs archive here.

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    092- Calling All Souls

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2023 62:10


    1948's Halloween episode.Apologies for the audio on this one as we were away from our usual setup.

    091- Good Ghost w/Pete Lutz

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2023 78:14


    We're joined by Pete Lutz of the Narada Radio Company to discuss Good Ghost, which was originally broadcast on October 24th, 1948. Later in the episode we hear clips from Narada's recreation of the episode, which you can listen to here.Check out the Narada Radio Company here.

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    090- The Snowman Killing (Fear on Four) w/Leslie McMurtry

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 76:00


    We're so excited to welcome back return guest Dr. Leslie McMurtry, Lecturer in Radio Studies at the University of Salford, Manchester to discuss our FIRST non-American and second (?) non-golden age program: Fear on Four. The episode is "The Snowman Killing," originally broadcast January 3rd, 1988.

    089- And Jeannie Dreams of Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2023 61:31


    From October 1948

    088- Beezer's Cellar

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2023 63:03


    From October of 1948, it's "Beezer's Cellar"

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    087- Meet John Smith, John Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2023 63:08


    October 1948. Some spooky stuff. Etcetera 

    086- LIVE EPISODE SPECIAL: The Hitchhiker (Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2023 90:15


    It's our first ever live episode! On his long drive back across the country moving from Providence, RI to Portland, OR, Matt stopped by Dave's in Minnesota to record a live, in person episode discussing Lucille Fletcher's "The Hitchhiker."We'll be back to Quiet Please next week but until then, don't stop for anyone with drops of fresh rain on their shoulders... 

    085- Three Skeleton Key (Escape) Holiday Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2022 63:46


    Happy Holidays! For your present this year we got you a bonus episode discussing the Vincent Price classic, "Three Skeleton Key," from Escape

    084- Light the Lamp For Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2022 58:56


    Another apocalypse, from September of 1948.

    083- Anonymous

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2022 57:56


    A politician receives a BONE CHILLING phone call (don't worry, his boy is not a box). From September of 1948.

    082- Symphony in D Minor

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2022 64:41


    Wyllis Cooper wrings 30 minutes of mystery out of the series' theme song: Cesar Franck's "Symphony in D Minor." From September of 1948.

    081- Motive/The Third Man's Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2022 69:21


    We have a two-fer today as we cover a missing episode, "Motive," as well as a retelling of the story of Cain and Abel in "The Third Man's Story."With Paul Knierim and Kelly Prosen

    080- BONUS: The Ghost to Ghost Matter (Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2022 55:15


    We couldn't quit the Halloween spirit so we're giving you a bonus episode to close out the spooky season. From May of 1958, it's "The Ghost to Ghost Matter" from Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

    079- HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: The House in Cypress Canyon (Suspense) w/Neil Verma, Richard Hand, and Leslie McMurtry

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2022 76:08


    For our 2022 Halloween special we are joined by Professors Neil Verma (Northwestern University), Richard Hand (University of East Anglia), and Leslie McMurtry (University of Salford Manchester) to discuss the Suspense classic, "The House in Cypress Canyon."

    078- The Ninth Volume (CBS Radio Mystery Theater)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 96:19


    We have an extra-long episode diving into one of our favorite episodes of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. From 1977, it's "The Ninth Volume." Climate change, Peak Oil, The End of the World, we've got it all here.

    77- The Little Man Who Wasn't There (The Shadow)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2022 68:18


    We discuss "The Little Man Who Wasn't There" from the 1945 season of The Shadow, written by Alfred Bester.Opening clip: Alfred Bester at the MidAmeriCon 74th World Science Fiction Convention, 1976.Outro music: "The Little Man Who Wasn't There," by the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Bluebird Records, 1939

    076- Three Thousand Words

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2022 46:17


    A scam for the ages, from August of 1948

    075- Presto Change-O, I'm Sure

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2022 52:09


    From August of 1948.

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    074- Arch Oboler Summer Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2022 109:19


    In our return from a brief Summer hiatus, we discuss a listener request of "Immortal Gentleman" from Lights Out! as well as Arch Oboler's Drop Dead! LP.

    073- Universe (Dimension X)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2022 63:52


    On a brief break from Quiet, Please, we discuss "Universe" from Dimension X, originally aired November 26, 1950.To hear the first episode of Paul Knierim's generation ship drama, 253 Mathilde, click here.

    072- The Thing on the Fourble Board

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2022 71:21


    We've finally gotten to the Mt. Everest of Quiet Please episodes--"The Thing on the Fourble Board" from August of 1948. Joining us with some pre-recorded thoughts are Quiet Please dot Org's Paul Knierim and Professor Richard Hand. Neil Verma's article can be read here: https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/87824/87825/27/372

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    071- It's Later Than You Think

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2022 53:16


    From August of 1948. Time Travel! Listener Feedback! 

    070- The Man Who Stole A Planet (w/Richard Hand)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2022 56:59


    We're joined by Professor Richard Hand (author, Terror on the Air!: Horror Radio in America, 1931-1952) for a discussion of "The Man Who Stole A Planet," from July of 1948.

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    069- The Creeper (Molle Mystery Theater)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2022 57:23


    We finally cover a listener request, this time, "The Creeper" from Molle Mystery Theater originally broadcast April 11th, 1947.

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    068- As Long As I Live

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2022 37:32


    A clunker from July 1948. It's about to get better!

    067- Vahine Tahiti

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2022 49:44


    We discuss "Vahine Tahiti," a rendition of Mutiny on the Bounty, from July 1948.

    066- Let the Lilies Consider

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2022 62:51


    We discuss "Let the Lilies Consider" for about five minutes before going on a very long tangent about process philosophy, metaphysics, Martin Scorsese and Catholic art, and the like. One of our favorite episodes to date!

    065- Not Responsible After Thirty Years

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2022 69:53


    From June 1948. Music at end from Halloween 3. 

    064- Two Missing Episodes (Below 5th Avenue/One Hundred Thousand Diameters)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 43:47


    We discuss two missing episodes from June of 1948, "Below 5th Avenue," and "One Hundred Thousand Diameters."To listen to Paul Knierim's recreation of "Below 5th Avenue," click here.To listen to Paul Knierim's recreation of "One Hundred Thousand Diameters," click here.

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    063- The House Where I Was Born

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2022 60:24


    We discuss "The House Where I Was Born" from May of 1948.Music at the end is Matt's band, a song inspired by this episode off A Hope For Home's last album In Abstraction from Facedown Records in 2011--"The House Where You Were Born." We have a new album coming out later this year so keep your eyes peeled (info will be posted here!). A Hope For Home's music is available on all streaming services, as well as our bandcamp page (sans our label releases which we don't own the rights for) at: https://ahopeforhome.bandcamp.com/

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    062- Gem of Purest Ray

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2022 56:53


    Matt and David discuss "Gem of Purest Ray" from May, 1948.

    061- There Are Shadows Here (w/Neil Verma)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2022 56:00


    Professor Neil Verma (Northwestern University, author of Theater of the Mind: Imagination, Aesthetics, and American Radio Drama) joins us yet again for a discussion of "There Are Shadows Here," from May of 1948.

    060- Mr. Boynton's Moustache (Our Miss Brooks) w/ Kelly Prosen

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 63:54


    April Fools! In a joking mood we're taking our first foray into radio comedy with an episode of Our Miss Brooks, joined by Kelly Prosen. It's "Mr. Boynton's Moustache," from March  of 1955.

    059- How Beautiful Upon the Mountain feat. Paul Knierim

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2022 60:46


    "How Beautiful Upon the Mountain" from May 3, 1948.

    058- Thirteen and Eight

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2022 48:20


    Bit of a clunker this week as we discuss "Thirteen and Eight," originally broadcast April 26th, 1948.

    057- Clarissa

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2022 50:17


    We return to Quiet, Please with a discussion of "Clarissa," from April 19, 1948.

    056- The Space Merchants (CBS Radio Workshop)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2022 86:07


    We're selling you a bill of goods this week with a listen to the CBS Radio Workshop's adaptation of Frederick Pohl's The Space Merchants from February, 1957.

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    055- "The Cui Bono Matter pts 1-5" (Yours Truly Johnny Dollar)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2022 102:53


    We take a break from Quiet Please to discuss a 5-part run on one of David's favorite programs, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. From February 13-17, 1956, its "The Cui Bono Matter."Audio sample from the beginning is from a 1982 interview with Roberta Goodwin, daughter of Bob Bailey (star of Johnny Dollar), hosted by John Dunning.(note: hosting costs money! So to save space to get this episode under TWO HOURS I cut the outro music to each episode in the sequence. Purists will surely rake us over the coals but you can hear the full episodes online pretty much wherever they are posted...)

    054- 12 to 5 with Neil Verma

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 75:45


    For today's discussion on 12 to 5 (originally broadcast on April 12, 1948), we are joined by Northwestern University Professor Neil Verma, author of Theater of the Mind: Imagination, Aesthetics, and American Radio Drama (University of Chicago Press, 2012). We discuss his concept of "audiopositioning" as well as Quiet Please in general.

    053- The Porch Light (Nightfall) w/Bill Gray

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2022 74:18


    We're joined by the great Bill Gray, one of the architects of the CBC's "Nightfall" radio series in the early 1980s to talk about The Porch Light. 

    052- I Always Marry Juliet

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2022 54:56


    From April 5th, 1948, it's "I Always Marry Juliet," another classic Cosmic Visitor episode of Quiet Please

    051- A Night to Forget

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2022 56:35


    We return to Quiet, Please for our first episode of 2022. This time it's "A Night to Forget" from March 22, 1948.Audio sample from an Orson Welles appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, 1976.

    050- Quietly Yours 50th Episode Bonanza

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2022 75:09


    Can you believe we've done this 50 times now? Matt and David do not talk about an episode of Quiet Please this time, and rather give you some behind the scenes anecdotes, general riffing on OTR, and a few rankings of our favorite QY episodes. Also stay tuned for some 2022 news at the end of the episode!Thank you so much for listening and we hope to see more of you in the coming months!

    049- .22 Rifle For Christmas (Dragnet)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2021 62:07


    In typical Quietly Yours fashion we mark the holiday season with an incredibly depressing Dragnet classic: ".22 Rifle For Christmas"

    048- Meeting at Ticonderoga

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2021 56:32


    This week we discuss a long-lost and recently rediscovered episode of Quiet Please called "Meeting at Ticonderoga," originally broadcast March 15, 1948.

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